the new pope led by the cardinals of the procession, and back into the square where he gi received his vestments and papal ring. dignitaries across the globe and hundreds of thousands joined in the celebratory service. in the same casual style that has defined the early days of his papacy, francis spoke at times without notes, his message focused on the tenets of the catholic faith. he said those in responsibility, are called to be protectors. he spoke several times about the need to careful, protect and watch over one another. 500 priests helped serve communion in the square. and as the mass ended, pope francis moved back to the simple altar inside the basilica, the

official start to what many believe will be a different and very difficult papacy. and again, a live look inside the historic st. peter's basilica where he's meeting with world leaders and other leaders of faith from around the globe. this will mark the end of the celebration, the pomp and circumstance. not only surrounding this inaugural mass, but the election of the 266th pope of the catholic church. and many followers will look to the reform, to the repairs to the church they say they desperately need and believe that this leader will bring to their faith. that is the latest, live in rome. i'm jay gray. back to you. >> such a historic day. we'll check back with jay throughout the morning, as well. >> it has been a spectacle watching that unfold. let's find out what's happening around here on this tuesday morning. >> good morning to you at home. we get to see some weather unfold today. temperatures rather mild.

the upper 40s to 50s everywhere. we have rain on the way. not until much later. for most of you, not until you're making your way home from work. you will need the umbrella later this evening. and in particular for tomorrow. we have quite a lot of rain headed our way. we're going to sort it out and let you know your best chance for when you're coming up. we're going to check your drive. >> good morning. we have a lot of friends out there working on the road crews right now. look at the shots of oakland, past the coliseum. they're laying the arrows. the fast lane is blocked right now. but the off-ramp is open. the drive heading up towards 980. but in downtown, you might lose speed in both directions. no major slowing. a little issue heading to 980 itself and 580 eastbound. the flow over the bridge, moving smoothly for i-80, guys.

back to you. >> it is 4:35 right now. one man is dead this morning after police say he tried to run over an officer with his car. this all happened on jerlin drive in an unincorporated area of san jose. three police officers tried to pull over a stolen car. that driver reportedly refused to stop. he instead rammed the back of a police car. police say the suspect tried to run him over. that's when the officer fired the deadly shot. >> two, quick shots. pop, pop. and that's when all the fire department and all the rest of the cops showed up. >> that suspect died at the hospital. police say another person was in that stolen car and is right now being questioned as a witness. no officers were hurt. 4:35. we're learning new details about a raceway crash that killed a 14-year-old boy last weekend. marcus johnson died when his

17-year-old cousin lost control of his car and crashed into the pit area. the johnson family now says chase told them the steering wheel came loose as he entered the turn, causing the crash. the family says the car was new. chase johnson was driving warm-up for a competition when it crashed. the man accused of killing a san francisco newspaper vendor could be in court as early as today. police have arrested 36-year-old mark castle. they say castle picked up 77-year-old dallas ayers and dropped him on the pavement near market. ayers suffered a hip injury and died three weeks later. he was well-known in the area where he sold "the chronicle" for the past 30 years. most recently at the montgomery state bar station. castle is believed to be a transient. a judge is questioning whether a man accused of stealing a yacht from a harbor

is competent to stand trial. a court hearing will be held today to appoint drivers to determine if he can stand trial. he is charged with grand theft for stealing the sailboat and running it into the ground earlier this month. he's being held in jail on $1 million bail. it was a shocking discovery where a giant sinkhole swallowed up a man's -- he had two man-made ponds in his back yard. one of them was completely gone. he said it took about four to five hours for the whole thing to drain. he says that's pretty amazing considering he once drained that pond with a pump and it took him seven days to get all the water out. that man is trying to figure out what caused the sinkhole. 4:37. contra costa county taking its ban on smoking to a new level. supervisors will introduce an

ordnance that would ban electronic cigarettes. it would require businesses that sell electronic cigarettes to have a tobacco retailers license. discussion starts at 9:00 at board chambers. and tonight, palo alto will consider a ban on smoking at three local parks. the ban would affect the plazas in downtown. and sarah wallace park on california avenue. it's 4:38. we're keeping the eyes on the skies. and today, it's going to be sprinkling out there. >> feeling great on a tuesday. temperatures this morning in the 50s. a couple 40s out there. we're headed towards the upper 60s, low 70s, with rain on the way. so, getting closer to spring. and that officially arrived tomorrow at 4:19. 49 in livermore to start the day. let's talk about the rain. area of low pressure moves to the north. like the tail end to the bay

area. by noon today, mostly-cloudy conditions. at 5:00 p.m., start to get more activity. the peninsula getting nice and slick. so, wet roadways for your ride home tonight. want to keep that in mind. the main event doesn't come into play until tomorrow morning. likely waking up with a slick commute. we'll time that out, showing when it may arrive on your doorstep. lots of improvement for allergy sufferers as we head through the next few days. rain on the way means purification of our air. 65 degrees in san francisco. i'll let you know how much rain we're expecting. and how much snow in the sierra. good morning. right now, dry roads. changes over the next few mornings. we're looking towards the south bay. 101 looks nice, northbound. the 280 interchange. we're showing light volume throughout the south bay. no major occurrences through the san jose downtown area. southbound 101, towards the

area. but no incidents. we should be okay. i'll track it just in case. we have construction northbound 880, around brokaw. it's not marked on the map. you see some lights in the area. and heavy machinery. as that moves north, we'll have it this morning. not a big deal right now. >> thank you, mike. out at the ball yard, the world baseball classic wraps up tonight at at&t park. dominican republic advancing to the finals, after beating the netherlands last night. today's championship game will feature puerto rico taking on the dominican republic. little side note here. whichever team wins that ball game will have a world champion giants player on its team. san francisco reliever santiago kasia, while angel pagan. san jose clears the way for

possible super bowl. plus, gone in an instant. an explosion and implosion overnight. a very unexpected consequence. and ten years later. remember "shock and awe." the way people remember the war in iraq, by going of the u.s. president they say started it.

welcome back, everyone. and a good tuesday morning to you. what a beautiful live look outside at the gorgeous bay bridge this morning. terrific's crawling across. not just because it backed up. people are easing into their tuesday morning. it's 4:44. santa clara ready to pull out the stops to bring super bowl 50 to the bay area. the city council will hold a meeting to vote on several resolutions that will meet the nfl financial commands to win the 2016 event. among them, waiving a city hotel tax for employees and teams. and two ticket surcharges on the super bowl and dropping added parking fees. the concessions add up to millions. but officials say the costs will be more than offset by the income and the publicity generated by such a big game.

>> that would be quite the bash. in other news, the hacker who stole personal information from new york mayor michael bloomberg and news star, diane sawyer, getting time behind bars. and the question remains, will wall street react to all the news from greece. for that, we go live to cnbc headquarters. >> good morning. thank you for that. stock futures are pointing to a higher open on tuesday. the dow and s&p 500 are trying to avoid the first three-day losing streak of the year. concerns about european instability, which weighed on markets monday, don't appear to be consuming interest today. we'll have to watch out for that. and here's another story that we are watching. a computer hacker that broke into about 120,000 apple ipads and stole the personal information of their owners has been sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison. some of the victims were

well-known figures including michael bloomberg, abc news anchor, diane sawyer. the hacker claims the motive was to make the internet more secure. but a jury didn't buy it when they found him guilty in november. that's the latest. back to you. >> thank you very much. back to you and right straight over to christina. activity in the weather department. >> i thought we were doing a little dance there. >> we can do that. >> he has more rhythm than i ever will have. temperatures this morning are looking good at 4:46. it's nice and crisp out there to start. we have plenty of 40s and 50s. not too cold at all. 50 in san jose. 44 in gilroy. and 48 degrees in santa cruz. our area of low pressure, rain returns tonight, as we head throughout the bay area. this is what we're expecting. 6:00 p.m. tuesday, widespread rain from san jose to santa rosa. that's when the main event starts to move in. we're getting more rain. tomorrow morning, expecting from today. and overall, not expecting a

whole lot. maybe half an inch in the south bay. throughout the boy today, mostly dry conditions until the evening commute. here's more activity in the north at midnight. through tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m., wet commute on the way. the rain is great for our pollen level. and great for our spring growth, which is certainly taking place out there. 10:00 p.m. wednesday, start to clear you out. and like i said, maybe six inches. maybe a foot of fresh powder up in tahoe. six to eight inches above 6,500 feet. at this point, we'll take what we can get. 67 in fremont. 67 degrees in san jose. holding on to warm weather. tomorrow, the low 60s return. and thursday and friday, things get better with a few showers early thursday. clearing out just in time for the weekend. ramping the numbers back up to the 70s. new this morning, more trouble for japan's dangered fukushima power plant.

the tokyo electric company says four pools have been without fresh cooling water for almost a day. the company is working to fix the problem. it says pool temperatures are well within safe levels. the pools can reportedly go without fresh water for at least four days. but the company is working on backup systems just in case. the earthquake and tsunami in 2011 destroyed the plant's cooling system, causing three reactor cores to melt. and those pools to overheat. new this morning, more than 20 people killed in baghdad, as the u.s. marks ten years since the beginning of the war in iraq. a wave of car bombings, killing at least 21 people and wounding 80 others. and there's still a curfew in baghdad, ten years after the u.s. waged war on iraq, to remove saddam hussein from power. a democracy has been formed there. but a decade later, politicians still divided on whether or not it was worth the cost.

>> we did give them an opportunity. and today, we have in iraq, we have a partner, not an adversary. >> but we did it at a huge cost. $1 trillion in american spending. more than 5,000 u.s. lives. >> over half the public, 53% in a new gallup poll called this war a mistake. that's a huge reversal from ten years ago, when three out of four people supported the war. today, a san francisco attorney planning to file a lawsuit against former president george w. bush related to the war in iraq. the group witness iraq is now suing the former president for allegedly violating international and domestic law by going to war in the first place. in the meantime, the president is getting ready to head to the middle east. tonight, president obama will get on air force one and fly to israel for his first foreign trip of his second term. the president will meet with members of the new israeli government, palestinian leadership and the king of

jordan on this trip. prior to leaving the white house, president obama will meet with the leaders of northern ireland. there's more to be cleaned up, more than crews first expected after a bridge demolition down in texas last night. that's called rocking the house. crowds cheering, watching the lakeside park, not knowing that that blast to tear down the lake marble bridge that was no longer used. it also destroyed a verizon fiber optic cable, killing their cell phone, internet and tv stations. it went to black in bridge debris. the good news, it will be cleaned up today. restoring the fiber optic line will take a little bit longer. >> what? >> yeah. it's called pulling the plug. >> somebody's mad, yeah. san jose is getting ready to host the ncaa tournament.

also, pretty amazing new video of a close encounter with a pair of whales off the california coast. locally, the bridges are up, still, and running. this is the san mateo bridge. i'll show you what's going on just south of the bay bridge.

welcome back, everybody, on a tuesday morning. that is control central here at

nbc bay area. that is the heart, the pulse, the lifeline of this show. we want to say thank you very much to everybody in there for making this run like a well-oiled machine. it is 4:54 right now. the h.p. pavilion, that's right, hammer time. getting ready for some march madness. the basketball court, now in place and getting all shined up for thursday's slate of games. cal and syracuse, among the high-profile teams playing in san jose at the h.p. the ncaa tournament, one of the biggest events in sports. that means big-time business for local restaurants and hotels. before the tournament gets under way, the final teams that need to play their way in go off tonight. >> here we go. tonight, who? >> st. mary's, the gaels. >> my gaels are vowing for a spot in the big dance. the gaels already in dayton, getting ready to take on middle

tennessee. >> i like the fact you're getting your groove on. >> i've been dancing since tuesday. the game's at 6:10. nobody bother me at that time. the winner gets the 11th seed in the midwest region. as far as the women, and the stanford women, they won't have to go anywhere, as they bid for ncaa title. they claimed the number one seed in the spokane regional. they get to play at home, which is good news, on sunday. the cal women also made their way into the tournament, claiming the two seed in the spokane regional. they'll cake off for lubbock, texas, to play number 15 seed, fresno state. that's set for saturday. >> have to get the win, too. >> local magic. >> magic mike right now, coming up with traffic. >> you've seen my movie. not that one. we have a dvr at home. towards oakland, a nice, smooth drive. notice the flashing lights on the northbound side.

they're traveling south, counter to traffic flow. they're picking up the cones and moving the road crews from the area north of hyde street. that's a distraction. and we'll show you on the map, approaching the area from the north. 980 towards high street, a similar situation with the crews moving the cones away from the road. we should have a smoother flow in the next half hour. right now, it is slowing because of the crews. heading towards the bridge, no problems. a live look shows you a nice flow of traffic. boaters came within several feet of two adult whales this past sunday afternoon. >> touching the boat. >> kind of pushing them around. don't need that motor. the whales gently slided through the water. nice way to put it. even spraying them with a little bit of water. >> we freshing. >> that's amazing how close.

this time, the whales can be seen passing through the area during their annual migration. i don't know if i've seen a mall boat so close. >> that's cool about it. wonder if they spray that water out, do they have bad breath? >> like shamu. 4:57 right now. your night on the town is about to take a high-tech twist. we'll let you know about the plan to get you two and from your favorite places with the touch of one button. plus, how someone managed to get their hands on $25,000 worth of copper wiring.

a san francisco supervisor wants to create a bigger buffer zone around clinics like planned parenthood because of protesters and their tactics. i'll have that story coming up. live in san francisco, where a new proposal could put every

taxi cab in the city at your fingertips. i'll explain, coming up. and a final storm system of the winter season on the way today. i'll let you know how much rain we're expecting where you live and what time you'll need to pull out the umbrella. and crews on the move. these folks slowing down. what the latest is for your oakland commute, coming up. a live look outside. san francisco, this morning. beautiful bay bridge. it's tuesday, march 19th. this is "today in the bay." >> i have to admit, i'm feeling good about making it to tuesday. 5:00 in the morning. thanks for joining us. >> pope francis has officially been installed as the leader of the catholic church. we've got a live look at st. peter's square this morning, where the special installation mass was held. he is now greeting different

cardinals and officials that have come to the inauguration. the vatican said, actually 150,000 to 200,000 people attended that ceremony. in his homily, pope francis urged the world to protect the environment and the poor. he was interrupted by applause several times. more than 130 official delegations from governments and religious organizations around the world attended the historic event. among them, u.s. vice president joseph biden. coming up at 5:30, we'll take you live to the vatican again, for a special report on the day's events. and closer to home. one san francisco city supervisor inducing a measure, keeping anti-abortion protesters from standing directly in front of planned parenthood clinics. christy smith is live in san francisco, with the controversial proposal. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. well, a spokesperson for planned parenthood says it's getting scary for their clients. sometimes they leave crying.